Famine

Yemen: The War That Isn’t Happening Even As It’s Happening

July 17, 2018 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, Yemen

by Luciana Bohne, originally published on CounterPunch The manipulation of news and the distortion of reality are the most powerful weapons in the hands of power. They can make a whole reality disappear. Yemen’s, for example. A child dies in Yemen every ten minutes from preventable causes, UNICEF reported in June. These deaths are only part of a humanitarian catastrophe,[…]

Don’t Believe the Media Hype about Saudi Prince Mohammed Bin Salman

March 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, Saudi Arabia, Yemen

by Medea Benjamin, originally published on Voices for Creative Nonviolence, March 21, 2018 Saudi Arabia’s 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, heir to the Saudi throne after eliminating his rivals, is on a two-week whirlwind visit to the United States starting March 19. He plans to cement his ties to the Trump administration, shore up support for his war in[…]

Why 55 US Senators Voted for Genocide in Yemen

March 22, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Middle East Wars, Political Corruption, Yemen

By David Swanson, originally posted on DavidSwanson.org, March 21, 2018 Tuesday’s debate and vote in the U.S. Senate on whether to end (technically whether or not to vote on whether to end) U.S. participation in the war on Yemen can certainly be presented as a step forward. While 55 U.S. Senators voted to keep the war rolling along, 44 voted[…]

The $1.5 billion Campaign to Whitewash Genocide in Yemen

March 6, 2018 UNAC Editor Middle East Wars, US Hypocrisy, Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition have intensified airstrikes on Hodeidah in recent months and a new front there is imminent. It will cut off 70% of imports to the country’s starving population. by Dan Glazebrook, March 2, 2018 The Situation in Yemen looks like the Apocolypse “The situation in Yemen – today, right now, to the population of the country,” UN humanitarian[…]

A Treacherous Crossing

February 11, 2018 UNAC Editor Refugees

Paul Ryan’s recent trip to the Gulf reflects the US Government’s complete lack of compassion for the refugees and migrants created by its proxy wars in the Middle East. By Kathy Kelly On January 23rd an overcrowded smuggling boat capsized off the coast of Aden in Southern Yemen. Smugglers packed 152 passengers from Somalia and Ethiopia in the boat and[…]

U.S.-backed Saudis continue war crimes in Yemen

November 8, 2017 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire

Reprinted from Workers’ World and Geopolitics Alert. Saudi airstrikes and war crimes in Yemen have not slowed down all week. On Nov. 1, attacks on a market in Saada resulted in nearly 70 killed and many wounded. On Nov. 3, raids targeted homes in the same province, killing seven people, most of them women and children. Airstrikes from the U.S.-backed[…]